Thoughts and satire about news & politics. Check out the Archives for other great articles.

Daily Wisdom

October 08, 2007

Hillary Clinton: Queen of Pork

Miss Piggy

According to a story at Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton has won the title "Queen of Pork". Although Democrats came into power this year promising meaningful earmark reform, little did they know they would have to "hog-tie" one of their own Presidential candidates.

The statistics speak for themselves. Ever since she arrived in Washington, Hillary has worked tirelessly to bring home the pork to her adopted state, New York. Clinton, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, placed $2.2 billion worth of earmarks in spending bills from 2002-2006. Let me repeat that... $2.2 BILLION. In the fiscal 2008 defense-spending bill alone, Clinton successfully attached (26) earmarks worth $148 million, which was the most of any Democrat except Senator Carl Levin of Michigan.

That probably explains why she's trying to bury her record. The Clinton campaign has refused to respond at all to requests that she identify her earmarks. Gee, I wonder why? Don't you just hope she becomes President? That way she can rape the Federal Treasury in even more imaginative ways.